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Bush Makes Unannounced 5-Hour Stopover In Afghanistan

HeadlineMar 01, 2006

On his way to India, President Bush stopped in Afghanistan for a surprise visit earlier today. During his five-hour stopover, the President addressed US troops and met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The Associated Press is reporting a helicopter traveling in the President’s air convoy to the presidential palace fired at an unspecified target on the ground. It was the President’s first visit to Afghanistan.

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